we feel 100% assured that we are well within the law, and we feel once we're able to tell our story, all of this will be rectified. i think the authorities will give starbucks the kind of the respect we deserve. >> okay. well, we'll keep watching on that. i know this is developing. we'll come back to that. here we are a couple of days away from the election, howard. you were very, very vocal over the last year about getting our fiscal house ensuring that our leaders actually lead, which of course many people were very disappointed in, particularly congress, on that fiscal cliff. tell me how things are today and what you expect out of the election on tuesday. >> well, i think we still have significant issues in terms of the need for bipartisan efforts. i think in the last few days with the unfortunate situation with hurricane sandy, it's ironic that we saw fantastic leadership by both the president and governor christie. i think we saw the very best of president obama, not only leading, but leading with a deep sense of humanity. as a lifelong drremocrat, it wouldn't surprise anyone i'